Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 36, Feb 5)

Passage

Matthew Chapter Five

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Homan Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

• Matthew Five
  • Mt 5: 2-11 The Beatitudes
    • Poor in Spirit
      • heart struggles, humbled or humiliated?
      • kingdom of heaven given to them
    • Mourn
      • sorry for their sins
      • shall be comforted
    • Meek (Gentle)
      • now their need for a savior, compassionate
      • shall inherit the world
    • Hunger and thirst after righteousness
      • working out their own salvation, seeking rightness with God
      • Ps 81:10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
      • shall be filled
    • Merciful
      • extending the mercy they received
      • shown mercy
    • Pure in Heart –
      • Ps 119:9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word
      • 1 John 2:1-2 We’ve sinned, we have an advocate
      • Romans 5:10  reconciled through Christ
      • keeping their heart cleansed
      • Will See God
    • Peacemakers
      • Bridging the gap between God and man
      • called sons of God
    • Persecuted for Righteousness Sake
      • John 15:18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
        
      • Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
      • theirs is the Kingdom of God
    • Mt 5:11-12
      • ¹¹ “You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me. ¹² Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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    Mt 5:13-16 we are to be Salt and Light

    • ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine^[c] before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
    • Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
    • Itty Bitty Bible Study Ephesians 2:1-10
  • Mt 5:17-20 Christ came to fulfill the law
    • ²⁰ For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • Mt 5:21-22 Anger = murder
  • Mt 5:23-26 Conflict Resolution Needed
  • Mt 5: 27-30 lust of the Eyes – deadly
  • Mt 5:31-32 Divorce and Remarriage
  • Mt 5:33-37 Truthfulness
    • Ps 12, Psalm 26:4, Ps 141:3, Pr 13:3 ,
    • Prov 21:23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
    • Pr 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
    • ³⁷ But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’^[q] Anything more than this is from the evil one.
  • Mt 5:38-42 Go the second mile
  • Mt 5:43-48 Love and pray for your enemies
    • ⁴⁸ Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 5:48
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• ⁴⁸ Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• BE perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Be PERFECT, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Be perfect, THEREFORE, as your heavenly Father is perfect

…and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Beatitudes Adult Coloring pages to choose from

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

1. Why did Jesus go up on a mountain to speak?
   1. too many article – what do you think?\
2. If you had to choose one Beatitude to be your favorite, which one would it be?
   1.  your answer
3. What do you think about being Salt and/or Light?
   1. your answer
4. what does it mean to be perfect like God?\
   1. I like this article – Ligonier study on Be ye Perfect
   2. This goes a little deeper, I think – Patheos – being Perfect

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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